Zhu Zhanji hugged several children in turn, and arranged for the nurse to carry them down to feed before saying: "I'll go to see the princess first, and the mother will arrange to prepare a meal, the child is hungry." ”

Hearing Zhu Zhanji say that he was hungry, a group of people immediately got busy. Jiaxing took out a piece of rock candy and said, "Big brother, give it to you." ”

Zhu Zhanji touched her head and smiled: "Big brother doesn't eat, don't feed the little guys, they won't eat it yet, when they are older, you can take them to play, okay?" ”

Jiaxing hesitated for a moment and said, "As long as they don't cry, I'll take them to play......"

One sentence made everyone laugh.

The princess Sun Xian has not yet been confined, and in this era, she can't go out without confinement.

The temperature in August was not too low, and she did not go out for nearly a month, did not take a bath, although there was a lot of perfume sprinkled in the room, but there was a strange smell.

Zhu Zhanji didn't smell this smell, and asked for warmth. After all, she is her wife, not to mention the long-term relationship between the two people, just because she sits in this position, she must also be given the respect she deserves.

Subsequently, Zhu Zhanji met with several wives and concubines who were with big bellies, and they were all junior high school students, and they were all high school students, but now they are going to be mothers.

Their faces are also childish, and they are much more stable than the teenage girls in later generations.

When Zhu Zhanji had lunch under the care of his mother, Li Liang and the others escorted more than ten boatloads of gold and silver before returning to the palace.

This batch of gold and silver was more last time, although part of it was the payment for the goods, and it had to be returned to the internal supervision for commercial operations, but it still had to be displayed outside the Chengtian Gate for a few days.

Although after the last display, the people are no longer surprised by so much gold and silver, but for the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, the court now has tens of millions of taels of silver, and there is no need to worry about making ends meet, nor worrying that it will encounter a disaster year in the future.

When the gold and silver were counted, many ministers who had just come to see the feast in the West Hall also came to see the excitement for a while, and Zhu Zhanji also saw Li Qian, the chief eunuch of the capital governor.

The governor was in charge of the palace superintendents, and was responsible for the advance of the emperor and the royal family.

In other words, this yamen was responsible for supervising the other eunuchs and was responsible for the travel arrangements of the royal family, including the distribution of internal guards.

With such an important duty, every great eunuch is the emperor's most trusted person.

Li Qiannai is one of the seven chief eunuchs of the internal prison, who was raised by Zhu Di since he was a child and is deeply trusted by Zhu Di.

However, during the Northern Expedition the year before last, Zhu Zhanji established a close relationship with Li Qian. Although he will not disobey Zhu Di's orders, it is no problem to give Zhu Zhanji some convenience and reveal some information.

When the eunuchs supervising the internal prison were loading and unloading the silver, Zhu Zhanji and Li Qian did not carry others behind their backs at all, and had a conversation on the bridge of the palace river.

"Taizu drove away Meng Yuan, although His Majesty made two expeditions to the north, but only subdued the Northern Yuan people, but did not achieve much success. His Royal Highness smashed the Yellow Dragon this time and captured the royal family, which is much greater than the emperor's feat. His Majesty has always been worried about the evaluation of himself by civil officials in history, so it is inevitable that he will be a little more worried. ”

Zhu Zhanji hummed and asked, "Then did he reveal any intentions?" ”

"Your Highness has made immortal achievements, and Your Majesty now intends to follow suit. It's just that the Korean Li clan is now loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and Jeju Island not only didn't ask me if the Ming Dynasty wanted to go back, but when the news of His Royal Highness's capture of Kyoto came out, the Lee clan immediately sent envoys to offer treasures and beauties.

The Tatars of the Northern Yuan Dynasty are now attached to my Daming, Zheng Heng is mining in Beiming Mountain, and most of the workers are slave laborers provided by the Tatars, and it is not easy for me to do anything to them again. The Warats are now in great disarray, and even Mahamu has been captured by the Tatar Arutai......"

Zhu Zhanji paused for a moment and asked, "Ma Hamu was caught?" ”

"I was caught by Arutai last month, and Arutai grabbed him and Tariba and gave them to me. Zheng Heng also sent someone to escort them to the capital, which should be able to arrive in the capital in another half a month. ”

Zhu Zhanji groaned, Zhu Di is not a great achievement, at least he must be regarded as a militant.

But he fought for decades, and not a single Northern Yuan Dynasty was destroyed, and Jiaozhi in the south also fought for more than ten years before he could barely conquer it.

If it weren't for Zhu Zhanji's merit of smashing the Yellow Dragon, forcing Ashikaga Yoshiji to death, and capturing the Japanese royal family, his merit would not be small.

But compared with Zhu Zhanji, who controlled Dongying in his own hands in a few months and made a profit of tens of millions of taels, his campaigns that worked hard and cost a lot of money are all chicken feathers.

Therefore, this is also something that Zhu Di can't accept. He didn't want to leave a reputation in history, so he definitely wanted to find a target to vent his anger on.

But when the Northern Yuan had surrendered and Korea was like a pug, Yili was far away in the northwest, and the 10,000-mile expedition was unrealistic, so the goal was only the south.

However, on the Indochina Peninsula in the south, Jiaozhi has been basically pacified, and countries such as Champong, Zhenla, and Siam have all surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Di just wants to destroy a country, but he can't find a goal!

After pondering for a while, Zhu Zhanji asked, "Then does Grandpa Huang have a goal?" ”

Li Qian shook his head and said, "Your Majesty didn't say it explicitly, but he once said that the Bago Dynasty and Nanzhang dared to take in Nanchen Yu in the first place, and they should be punished. ”

Bago is equivalent to the Myanmar of the later generations, and Nanzhang is equivalent to the Laos of the later generations.

This is a deliberate excuse. At the beginning, Chen Jikuo was indeed driven to the Nanzhang area by Zhang Fu, but Chen Jikuo's power was too great, and there was no force in Nanzhang that could deal with him at all, so he could only withstand his invasion. If it is for this reason that you do something to Zhenla and Bago, you will not be able to convince the public.

Zhu Zhanji thought for a while and said: "Since the imperial grandfather has this knot, I should help him solve it." ”

Zhu Zhanji wanted to find a target for Zhu Di to "make meritorious contributions", of course, it could not be areas like Zhenla and Bago where it was difficult for the army to go out.

This goal should be large, and it should be easy for a large army to be dispatched, and the best target is, of course, the kingdom of Timur.

In the early years of Yongle, Timur still wanted to go east to conquer the Ming Dynasty, but died not far from home.

After his death, his descendants fought for the throne endlessly, and at this time released the Ming Dynasty envoys Fu An, Yang Dewen and others, and entrusted them to bring the Timurid Empire's desire to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, when Chen Cheng learned that the Timurid Empire was falling into a civil war to seize the throne, he immediately suggested to Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty, to "quickly send envoys, extinguish their troops, and declare the virtue of the Celestial Empire."

In the sixth year of Yongle, Zhu Di sent Guo Ji, who had sent an envoy to the Timurid Empire, to lead a delegation as an envoy and bring Zhu Di's handwritten letters. In the local Timurid Empire, he mediated the dispute between the two factions of the civil war, Hari and Shahru. Shaharu, who succeeded in seizing the throne, finally released the imprisoned Hari and sealed Yi Thorn Black as his fief, and the civil war that lasted for three years in the Timurid Empire was finally "reconciled".

In the seventh year of Yongle, Shaharu, who officially became the king of Timur, sent an envoy to Nanjing to meet Zhu Di and send gifts such as leopards and lions. The two sides re-established the "clan and domain" relationship in the era of Zhu Yuanzhang.

But the emperor is far away, they are only superficially subservient, and they have always only spoken the least well over the years, but there is no sincerity.

And they have not stopped their aggression against India, and the kings of India have always asked the Ming for help, but the Ming Dynasty did not care about them.

The name India did not exist at this time, and it was given only during the British colonial period. Today, there are hundreds of tribes and vassal kings on the Indian peninsula, and their forces are very scattered, and they often even kill each other, and they cannot resist Timur's army at all.

After receiving requests for help from many vassal states in India, Zhu Di also issued an order to reprimand Shaharu's envoys, but it was useless at all.

In the past, the Timurid Empire was far away, and the Ming had no way to deal with them, but now, the Ming fleet could sail directly to Kurumus and attack them directly from the sea.

Of course, what is more important is that after solving the problem of the barrel, the Daming musket has made a qualitative leap and a quantitative leap, and it only takes two or three years to produce millions of guns and arm all the armies and servants, which is not a big problem at all.

With muskets, no matter whether the Timurid kingdom had a camel army or elephant soldiers, it could not be the opponent of the Ming Dynasty.

Another important reason for choosing the Timurid Empire as an opponent was that it was a desert and hilly area, and there was no miasma.

Compared to the miasma of Indochina, it is simply a paradise.

As long as the water problem is solved and an army of 100,000 is dispatched, they can directly attack their capital Herat.

And such a big country is also in line with Zhu Di's character of great joy.

Before that, of course, the first thing to be solved is the shortage of gunpowder today.

After asking and answering questions with Li Qian, Zhu Zhanji had roughly figured out Zhu Di's true thoughts, and he also had a corresponding plan in his heart.

asked Li Liang to reward Li Qian with a high-quality folding fan snatched from the Dongying royal family, and the two ended the conversation.

Although this kind of contact in public places does not seem to be secretive, as long as others do not hear the content of their conversations, they will not be tabooed by Zhu Di. Zhu Zhanji and Li Qian were very aware of this, and they said the right thing before parting.

Back in Xingqing Palace, a group of women were looking at the more than 100 boxes of antiques and cultural relics of the Dongying royal family that Li Liang had moved back, and of course, some exquisite ornaments.

As the grandson, Zhu Zhanji can take these things for himself without any worries, and even choose those good ones.

Zhaoyi's concubine Zhang had already gotten the news, and at this time, she brought a group of concubines to fight the autumn breeze.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji had already prepared gifts for them, and gave a list of more than a dozen boxes of gold, silver, and gemstone jewelry to the two Zhang families for them to distribute.

In addition to his own concubines, there are also Zhu Di's concubines, Zhu Gaochi's concubines, including his younger brothers and sisters, everyone has a share, and no one will miss it.

Concubine Zhaoyi found an opportunity to have a conversation with Zhu Zhanji on the steps at the entrance of the main hall of Xingqing Palace.

From her, Zhu Zhanji also confirmed Zhu Di's thoughts, and knew that Zhu Di had the intention to drive the expedition in person, and personally went to Zhongnan to crusade against Bagu and Nanzhang.

But because of the miasma there, he hasn't made up his mind yet.

Zhang also begged him for one thing, and that was the musket.

Today's muskets, in addition to the Shenji Battalion, are only equipped with 3,000 battalions, Yulinwei and these Jingwei. Because the speed of production is not fast, even the Jingwei has not yet finished changing clothes, let alone the border army and the border guards.

Although Zhang Fu is a British duke, he can't interfere in armaments.

What's more, now Liu Sheng has completely surrendered to Zhu Zhanji, and when the Shenji Battalion and Jingwei have not yet finished changing, it is impossible for others to want muskets.

But the power of the musket is now known to everyone, so Zhang Fu went through Concubine Zhaoyi in a roundabout way and asked for Zhu Zhanji.

His appetite is not great, and he only needs a thousand guns, ten stones of gunpowder, and five stones of gunpowder to be satisfied.

A thousand guns is a trivial matter, but Zhu Zhanji didn't want to agree to him directly, because he still had to find out Zhu Di's thoughts first and consider the overall situation.

What's more, the private army of Zhang Fu with a thousand guns cannot be said to be without risks. Without Zhu Di's permission in this matter, Zhu Zhanji did not dare to be the master.

With his grandfather's concubine, of course, Zhu Zhanji couldn't have too much contact, the two chatted a few words, and Concubine Zhaoyi arranged for a chamberlain to carry a few boxes of gifts to the harem.

Zhu Zhanji asked Jin Kuo to arrange a few little eunuchs to wait for news from the Fengtian Palace, and lay on a rocking chair by himself, chatting with a group of wives and concubines, and teasing his children.

After the Zhang family finished distributing the gifts and entered the main hall, all the women got up and saluted.

Zhang waved his hand, sat beside Zhu Zhanji, and grabbed his son's hand. "Several children, the eldest is full moon, and they don't have a name yet, you as a father, you should also worry about snacks."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "The boys are all praying characters, and they have to bring the words next to the golden characters, so there is not much room for choice, so this is just according to the family tree." On the contrary, how many girls, and those in their stomachs, my father didn't know what to think? ”

Zhang said with a smile: "The girl's life is cheap, and if she gets up too early, she is afraid that she will lose her life, so let's give a nickname first......"

Zhu Zhanji also doesn't want to correct her idea of male superiority and inferiority, this is the case in this era, everyone thinks like this, Zhu Zhanji just preaches equality between men and women every day, and how many people can be corrected?

"What did my father say?"

"Your father originally wanted to name them after the word rain, but rain is water, and he is afraid that he will overcome your soil, so he wants to wait for you to come back before making an idea."

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Grandpa Taizu is born with five elements, which is to restrain each other, even if they are not named after the word rain, the name next to the golden word of Qi Zhen is not next to the wooden character of the emperor's grandfather?" How can there be so many taboos! The word rain is good, there are many words, and the name is good, so let's follow this! ”

After thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji said again: "Let my father write, let Liangdi and them pick it themselves, and let them pick a word if they are born in their own stomachs." ”

Except for Hu Shanxiang, who has already been confined, the other three daughters have not yet been confined, so naturally they are not here.

Hu Shanxiang smiled when he heard this: "Your Highness, this is not in line with etiquette. Grandfather has set the word, and it should always be you, the father, who chooses it. Otherwise, others still think that Your Highness, you don't feel sorry for your daughters. ”

"Snow, frost, fog, glow, dew...... There are many names next to the word rain, these two girls are my eldest daughter and second daughter, so let's take snow and frost as the name......"

"Your Royal Highness......" Liu Wan quickly ran over and reported at the door: "Your Highness, Your Majesty issued an order to seal the Marquis of Anyuan, Liu Sheng, the Duke of Anguo, with a field of 10,000 acres ......"

Zhu Zhanji interrupted him and asked, "Is it hereditary recklessness or generational descent?" ”

"Descending from generation to generation."

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "Continue to listen to it, and return to me together in a while, don't just run away with one person." ”

From hereditary repudiation to generational descent, this is the influence of Zhu Zhanji.

The titles before the Ming Dynasty were greatly influenced by the Zhou Dynasty, and they were generally hereditary.

Such a reward may not seem to be much different from the generational decline, but in fact the impact is huge. Because this kind of knighthood only leaves a heavy financial burden for future generations and feeds a large group of moths.

Descending from generation to generation is different, in order to regain the glory of their ancestors, these nobles are forced to struggle.

In his letter to Zhu Di, Zhu Zhanji analyzed in detail the good and bad of two different titles, unless he made immortal achievements, it would be better to have fewer hereditary titles in the future.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji did not let Zhu Di directly abandon this kind of reward, but prepared to use this kind of reward in areas other than the Ming Dynasty.

For example, a family like Ji Gang who helped Daming contain Dongying overseas can be crowned a hereditary earl, so that his children and grandchildren can serve Daming.

There are also ministers like Zhang Fu who have been sealed before, in order to dilute their influence in the country, they should all be sealed outside the Ming Dynasty.

In the future, the Ming Dynasty will conquer overseas, and those barbarian lands can be dealt with in this way, if you want to be hereditary, you must go overseas, and in the Ming Dynasty, all nobles must accept the conditions of successive generations.

In Zhu Zhanji's heart, not only these ministers, but also more than 20 princes who remained in the previous Zhu Yuanzhang era, should also be sent to expand the territory outside the Ming Dynasty in the future.

It's just that this idea is a bit too shocking, Zhu Zhanji has not yet ascended the throne, so naturally he will not be in a hurry to expose this plan.

Those people are used to enjoying happiness, let them leave the flowery world of Daming and go overseas to suffer, I am afraid that it will be even more difficult than killing them.

This plan still has to be planned slowly, not in a hurry.

Later, the Great Dynasty will end, and all the rewards for this time will come out.

In addition to Liu Sheng's title of the Duke of the Kingdom, the most surprising thing about this reward is that Zheng He, the deputy marshal of the army, was also named the Duke of Dian because of his huge achievements this time.

There are three eunuch knighthoods in history, and the first eunuch Zong Ai to be knighted is a close eunuch of the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao. He followed the emperor on the expedition and won a great victory, and Zong Ai was also named the Duke of Qin County because of the emperor's love, and he was also the first eunuch in Chinese history to be knighted.

This is not over, later in the battle for succession, he helped Tuoba Yu ascend the throne as emperor, and the title was promoted to King Feng Yi! But he was pampered and arrogant, and was finally killed!

The second eunuch to be knighted was Li Fuguo, a spy leader in the Tang Dynasty, who was once known as Li Jingzhong, a eunuch in the Tang Suzong period. Although he is extremely ugly, he is proficient in writing, insidious and vicious, because he controls the spy agency and gradually rises his status.

Because he followed Tang Suzong when he was still the prince, he was deeply liked by Tang Suzong, and was crowned as the marching Sima of the Marshal's Mansion and the Duke of the Servant State.

The third is the well-known villain Tong Guan, who was born at the grassroots level and knows the world very well. His luck was also very good, and he was favored by the emperor and had the opportunity to lead the army to fight.

It was only at the age of fifty that he was reused by Song Huizong! In the war to suppress the Fangla uprising, more than 70,000 Fangla soldiers were killed! And he also won many victories in the war with Western Xia and Liao, and finally because of the recovery of the realm of Quanyan, he was named the king of Guangyang County!

So far, he has become the eunuch with the longest leading army, the largest military power, and the highest title in history!

Compared with them, Zheng He's contributions are not weak at all, but the Ming Dynasty suppressed the eunuchs more severely, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not even allow eunuchs to participate in politics at all.

But Zheng He was raised by Zhu Di and was deeply trusted by Zhu Di, and this time he made a great contribution, so Zhu Di named him the Duke of Yunnan.

However, his duke is different from Liu Sheng's duke, although Liu Sheng's title has been descending from generation to generation, he can still inherit it after all.

But Zheng He's title cannot be inherited, starting from him and ending with him.

Even if he accepts his eldest brother's son as an heir, that child cannot inherit his title, but can only inherit his family property, which is the lord of the world, the lord of the world.

Even so, this reward made all the internal supervisors envious, which means that Zheng He has completely broken away from the internal prison and has the power to deal with state affairs.

And these people are still just servants of the royal family.

Zheng He repeatedly excused himself in the main hall, but he did not get Zhu Di's permission, and finally "reluctantly" accepted the reward.

Except for Zheng He and Liu Sheng, no one else has been crowned a duke, and the highest Yi Xin and Zhu Zhen are only marquises.

Although Ji Gang had a large number of enemies in the court, he clearly resigned from the post of commander of the Jinyi Guard in the main hall, coupled with his intelligence work in Dongying, he was sealed as Shi Jianbo, and guarded Shi Jian for the Ming Dynasty for life.

A small Iwami is not as big as a big county in Daming. But this is a real Boguo real seal, which makes the jealous eyes of a large number of civil and military ministers almost pop out.

The actual seal of a county, even the prince of the Ming Dynasty does not have this treatment, because the prince of the Ming Dynasty is a pig raiser, except for the annual income of Yulu and a maximum of 10,000 acres of land, nothing else can be done, and there is no power at all.

But Ji Gang now has the right to rule over more than 10,000 people, and this kind of reward for others is not jealous.

After the ignition, Zhu Di then announced that in the future, the Ming Dynasty will conquer overseas, and the land obtained will be based on this to reward the generals.

This time it was not a fire, but a raging fire.

Wenchen thought that this reward was too much, but the generals were extremely excited.

Until the end, Zhu Di made it clear that not only military generals, but even Wenchen could get this reward if he made meritorious contributions in the process of overseas naturalization, which calmed down the dispute.

Listening to Liu Wan's description of the disputes in the court, Zhu Zhanji laughed happily.

A seed was sown today, and this seed will grow into a towering tree in the future!

As long as the elites of the Ming Dynasty set their sights overseas, the world will soon be dyed yellow.

The establishment of the country is an unprecedented initiative since the Qin Emperor unified the world.

Being able to be the master of a piece of land is more attractive than being a very human minister.

Not only the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, but even Zhu Gaochi was shocked a lot, and when he came back from the next dynasty, he was still a little unfortunate.

"But you are talking to your imperial grandfather?"

Zhu Zhanji led him to the front of the world map, pointed to the Americas, Australia, and Africa and asked: "Father, if it weren't for the feudal system, how could my Ming Dynasty effectively rule this world?" Take Dongzhou as an example, it takes half a year to arrive by boat, and it takes a year to arrive, who wants to leave their hometown and go there without benefits? I want to manage there, how can I manage it without implementing the sub-seal? ”

Zhu Gaochi shouted: "If you can't manage it, what good do I want?" ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "There are large mountains of gold and silver there, don't my father want them?" ”

This time, Zhu Gaochi was not so reasonable, but sighed: "Drive it with profit, and die because of profit!" ”

Of course, Zhu Zhanji couldn't explain to him, if the Ming Dynasty didn't occupy this world, those Europeans would take possession of it in the future. In the end, they strengthened themselves and would come to fight Daming.

In any case, the Ming Dynasty occupied these places first and vigorously immigrated. Even if these places no longer listen to the words of the Ming Dynasty in the future, they are still Han and yellow.

In this way, for hundreds of years, whether it is black or white, I have honestly nested in Europe and Africa, and I don't want to turn the sky upside down.

At that time, even if the Ming Dynasty died, the world was dominated by Han people who spoke Chinese and wrote square characters.

Zhu Zhanji could only say: "If my father is unwilling, then I can start to divide the seal with the prince surnamed Zhu, and the minister of civil and military affairs will lower the seal, so that no matter what, this world will still be my Zhu family." ”

"Your Majesty has arrived at ......"

Zhu Zhanji's father and son didn't care about speaking, and greeted them out in person. However, before they went out, Zhu Di had already entered the main hall.

"What are you father and son talking about?"

Zhu Zhanji recounted the dispute between the father and son, and said: "Foreign ministers are not allowed to be crowned kings, and instead of staying in the palace and confining them, it is better to let them go to Dongzhou and Nanzhou." This land of Middle-earth, I will leave one lineage, and future generations can do the same. In the future, this world will belong to my Zhu family, and we can still look at each other hand and brotherhood and rely on each other. ”

Zhu Di nodded and said: "This is reasonable, but what should be done with those ethnic groups who are unwilling to leave their hometowns?" ”

"This matter is inconvenient to ask, I am willing to be a pioneer, and take the brothers and sisters of the royal palace to explore the way overseas, and then seek the future. Everything is difficult at the beginning, as long as you have a foundation in various places, are you still afraid that you will not be able to develop and attract people? ”

Zhu Gaochi reprimanded: "As a grandson, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, but you cross the ocean and put yourself in danger, which is inappropriate." ”

Zhu Zhanji said in his heart: "Didn't this matter be said before? Why did you change your mind again? ”

But after all, he is a father and can't fight, Zhu Zhanji can only say: "Eunuch Zheng went to the West and didn't have an accident, how can the child be so delicate!" What's more, the child wanted to go to the West to see, not only for this matter, but also to find out about the current situation in Timur's country. They have always refused to accept the king, and once wanted to invade my Ming Dynasty, although now because of the civil war for the throne, but there is still the strength to invade our southwest domain, this revenge must be avenged. ”

Zhu Di's eyes lit up and asked: "That Timurid country is thousands of miles away, the mountains are high and the waters are long, how to take revenge?" ”

Zhu Zhanji saw that he was moved, and immediately smiled: "Grandpa Huang, now my Ming fleet has arrived at Kurumus twice, and Kurumus is the vassal state of Timur. From Kurumus to the capital of the Timurid country, there are less than 2,000 miles, and there is no mountain and water separation, let alone miasma and swamps, and the army can drive straight down. ”

Zhu Di went around to the huge world map, looked at the location of Timur's country, and asked: "100,000 troops, marching for half a year, how to solve the military rations?" ”

Zhu Zhanji pointed to the position in India and said with a smile: "Our army only needs a small amount of military rations, and we can collect military rations on the spot in places such as Cochin, Siam, Guli, Shaliwan, and Zufar. Shaliwan, Zufar, and other countries have always been poisoned by the Timurid country, and if my army goes on an expedition, they will naturally have to raise food for our army. ”

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Tomorrow in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the day after tomorrow, I will summon the envoys of these countries to raise food for my Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "Grandpa Huang doesn't have to be anxious, wait for his grandson to investigate the situation first, make proper preparations, and then it's not too late to send out a large army." ”

Zhu Dihu glanced at Zhu Zhanji suspiciously, and asked, "Why do you suddenly want to attack the country of Timur?" ”

Zhu Zhanji pointed to the map of Europe and said: "I have a lot of resources, porcelain, ironware, tea, silk, and fabric. The people there, like the Mengyuan people, mainly eat meat, and cannot do without tea, and silk can be exchanged for the same weight of gold, but the trade route is blocked by this Timurid country. After destroying the country of Timur, my Ming goods can be sold directly there, and more gold and silver can be earned. ”

Zhu Di also knew that this grandson attached great importance to trade, so he did not doubt his intentions, and seriously considered the pros and cons of attacking Timur.

Now that Daming's firearms are developing rapidly, no one is invincible, and this change in the mode of war has also made Zhu Di have more ambitions.

He took a closer look at the land passage between Asia and Europe, this Timurid country was much larger than the Bagu and Nanzhang he chose, and Dongying was only a small country compared to them.

If you can destroy this country, it will be much better than destroying a few small countries. "It's possible, but it's ......"

Zhu Zhanji saw that he was a little embarrassed to speak, and then said: "Grandson is just exploring the way first, even if he starts a war, of course, he will wait for the emperor's grandfather to order it himself." ”

Zhu Di laughed, pointed to the map of Central Asia and said: "The country of Timur is vast, but attacking it from the sea can't hurt its foundation. I think that there should be one south and one north, and the two sides should be flanked in order to work in one fell swoop. ”

Most of Xinjiang in later generations still belongs to the Chaha Taidong Khanate, which is now known as Yili Jiangli. There is only one Hamiwei in the Ming Dynasty, and that is also the most marginal control area of the Ming Dynasty in the northwest.

If you want to attack Central Asia by land, this is not a big difficulty.

But now that he has a musket, Zhu Zhanji is actually not worried, so he deliberately joked and said: "Then this Yili is ......."

Zhu Di laughed and said: "I have 500,000 Ming military horses, and now I have 60,000 muskets, as long as the gunpowder is sufficient, no matter where it comes from, it can hit them. ”

This kind of arrogance that doesn't make sense at all, Zhu Zhanji is overjoyed when he sees it, it is really a happy thing to have such a grandfather of a war thug!

Think that he will live for at least six years, which is enough time for him to be majestic again!